Photo: Verne Equinox · CC BY 3.0Before 1961: 37% of the homes in Petitcodiac
Petitcodiac’s share is 2.1 times the typical 18%. Magnetic Hill, 31 km from Petitcodiac, heads a list of 21 historic places within 50 km. The closest top-tier heritage is in Moncton, 34 km from here. The earliest of 2 people born in Petitcodiac before 1914 is Oliver Jones.
The places within 50 km of Petitcodiac lean to the wars and the Depression
Places as far as 50 km from Petitcodiac, not in it, dated by the first construction year on their records.
16 places within 50 km carry a construction date. 3 are older than 1867. The earliest is Free Meeting House in Moncton, begun in 1821.
The highest designation, 2 times, within 50 km of Petitcodiac
The first one out is Magnetic Hill, 31 km away in Moncton. Within 50 km there are 21 in all. They stand in 4 towns, Moncton, Memramcook and Hillsborough among them.
The 12 nearest, within 50 km
| Magnetic HillLocal historic place · 31 km away, in Moncton |
| Victoria Park, New BrunswickLocal historic place · 34 km away, in Moncton |
| Federal Building, Dominion Public BuildingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1934–1937 · 34 km away, in Moncton |
| Cathedral of Our Lady of the AssumptionLocal historic place · 1940 · 35 km away, in Moncton |
| Capitol TheatreLocal historic place · 1922 · 35 km away, in Moncton |
| Gulf Fisheries CentreRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1948–1949 · 35 km away, in Moncton |
| Saint George's Anglican ChurchLocal historic place · 1935 · 35 km away, in Moncton |
| Bell Aliant TowerLocal historic place · 1971 · 35 km away, in Moncton |
| Aberdeen Cultural CentreLocal historic place · 1986 · 35 km away, in Moncton |
| Bank of Montreal BuildingLocal historic place · 1876 · 35 km away, in Moncton |
| Moncton MuseumLocal historic place · 1973 · 35 km away, in Moncton |
| Free Meeting HouseNational Historic Site · 1821–1822 · 35 km away, in Moncton |
Nothing new from 2016 to 2021 in Petitcodiac, against 4.1% elsewhere
Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 9.8% of Petitcodiac’s, against 15% in the typical town. More than half of Petitcodiac’s housing predates 1981. Building from 1961 to 1980 gave Petitcodiac 33% of its homes, near the usual 27%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Petitcodiac and its neighbours
Petitcodiac in brief
Older stock first: 37% of homes in Petitcodiac were standing by 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The other figures are unremarkable: people of its past such as Frank Ormond Soden (1895) and Oliver Jones (1821).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protection. A National Historic Site designation recognises significance; it doesn’t by itself protect a building the federal government doesn’t own. Legal protection comes from provincial and municipal designations, whose own registers aren’t open data outside Québec.
- The federal register. Every federal designation is in Parks Canada’s directory, and the Canadian Register of Historic Places gives most of them a bilingual statement of significance.
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- People and events. Parks Canada’s open file gives its national historic persons no place. A town’s page names one only when the person was born there (matched by name and both life years) or one of its own historic places carries the name and its record speaks of them; national historic events stay off.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Outside Québec, provinces’ and municipalities’ heritage registers aren’t open data; their places are known only through Wikidata items with a register number, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
- The tiers. Three tiers: the top for National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements, a second for the other federal designations, a third for provincial and municipal listings.
Questions about Petitcodiac’s history
How many historic places does Petitcodiac have on the registers?
Petitcodiac has none of its own yet. Magnetic Hill, in Moncton, is the nearest, 31 km away.
How old are the homes in Petitcodiac?
The 2021 Census dates 37% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada (Parks Canada).
Sources: Parks Canada, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations · Canadian Register of Historic Places (federal extract) · Wikidata (CC0) for map points, other names and articles · Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (homes by period of construction). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).